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Of the 30 most popular fine-dining restaurants in Auckland, 29 were listed on the restaurant directory site as having "no takeaways" available. Fifteen of the 30 most popular dining restaurants were also listed as not having takeaways as an option.

Mekong Baby in Ponsonby, Auckland is one of those that refused to give its patrons doggy bags.

Owner Dominque Parat said it was a clear policy that was written all over his food and drinks menu and customers were often reminded if it looked like their order was bigger than they could chew.

"We are quite cautious about it," he said. "If we see they are ordering too much we mention it to them and we say we don't do doggie bags."

Parat said it was mainly to do with health and safety, but said it was also bad for business if any cases of food poisoning were linked to his restaurant.

"The food's already been sitting on the table for about an hour, then you get a doggy bag, then it sits for half an hour on the table, sits in the car, then gets eaten a couple of days later," he said. "I don't want to risk food poisoning."